Fast growing claims benchmarking service celebrates milestone, reaching 45% of UK motor market in four months
The market share of Willis Towers Watson’s Claim Metrics has grown rapidly since its launch in November 2018, now representing a total claims spend of £12.5bn...
Still derailed: No relief for M&A market as deals continue to disappoint for fourth straight quarter
The global M&A market underperformed for an unprecedented fourth consecutive quarter, according to the latest results from Willis Towers Watson’s Quarterly Deal Performance Monitor (QDPM).
Underlying Return on Equity deteriorates at H1 2018: Willis Re Reinsurance Market Report
Shareholders’ equity in 34 reinsurance companies tracked in the Willis Reinsurance Index totalled $364.9 billion, a 1.6% decrease from $371 billion at year-end 2017. ..
Earnings volatility concerns drive reinsurance buying
Due to pressure from investors, insurers are becoming less tolerant of missed earnings targets. As a result, they are moving to more sophisticated metrics, such as return on equity and economic capital...
M&A performance in freefall but deal numbers hit levels rarely seen since financial crisis
The global M&A market recorded its worst ever performance in the second quarter of 2018 since the launch of the Quarterly Deal Performance Monitor (QDPM) by Willis Towers Watson in 2008...
Incumbents vs innovators: Q1 InsurTech deal numbers reach record high
66 InsurTech investment deals in Q1 2018 marked a new high, as transaction sizes continued to increase and the line between InsurTech funding by incumbent (re)insurers and traditional venture capital was blurred by newer ‘hybrid’ investment funds...